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Yankees' Aaron Boone Explains Why Club Made Recent Trade With Red Sox

Boone appears to be impressed with his newest acquisition
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Yankees' Aaron Boone Explains Why Club Made Recent Trade With Red Sox
Yankees' Aaron Boone Explains Why Club Made Recent Trade With Red Sox

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The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees made a rare cross-rivalry trade on Friday that led to a notable shakeup in the Bronx.

The Red Sox traded outfielder Greg Allen to the Yankees for right-handed pitching prospect Diego Hernández and cash consideration.

The move was made because Allen had an upward mobility clause -- meaning he had to be called up or traded onto another big-league roster. 

When Allen became an option for the Yankees, general manager Brian Cashman designated outfielder Aaron Hicks for assignment with two full seasons left on his seven-year contract extension signed in 2019.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone explained the organization's reasoning for adding Allen to the roster in place of Hicks.

"Greg Allen's in a good place," Boone said on Jomboy Media's "Talkin' Yanks" after the move. "I feel like skillset wise he's still very much the same player (as the first stint in New York). You know, he's 23-for-23 on stolen base attempts in Triple-A. He's running well, he's been hitting well, he's played this role well, he's played this role with us well. To me it just came down to a better fit for the role, that's where the decision ultimately comes down."

Allen hit .250 with 11 extra-base hits including a pair of home runs, 15 RBIs, and a .795 OPS in 37 games for Triple-A Worcester on top of his aforementioned perfect record in stolen base attempts. 

Hicks was incredibly unproductive for the Yankees this season. Allen will have a great chance to improve a relative area of weakness as the fourth outfielder for the Yankees. 

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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